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Membership of Council.
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13.—(1) The Council shall consist of 18 members.
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(2) The members of the Council shall be—
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(a) the chairperson of the Council,
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(b) the chief executive of the Council,
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(c) the chief executive of the Higher Education and Training Awards Council,
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(d) two persons nominated by the Minister,
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(e) two persons nominated by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment,
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(f) two persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, are representative of educational or training institutions established and maintained by a vocational education committee,
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(g) one person who, in the opinion of the Minister after consultation with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, is representative of learners participating in programmes of further education and training,
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(h) one person who, in the opinion of the Minister after consultation with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, is representative of employees of providers of programmes of further education and training,
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(i) one person nominated by CERT,
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(j) one person nominated by Teagasc,
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(k) one person nominated by An Foras,
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(l) one person nominated by the Irish Business and Employers Confederation,
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(m) one person nominated by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, and
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(n) two persons nominated in accordance with subsection (3).
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(3) Subject to subsection (1), the Council shall nominate as members two persons who have a special knowledge and experience related to the functions of the Council, at least one of whom shall be a person with relevant international experience related to those functions.
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(4) The First Schedule shall apply to the Council.
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(5) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of nominations to be made under subsection (2) or (3).
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(6) Where a nomination is made under subsection (2) or (3), regard shall be had to the desirability of an appropriate gender balance and where a person or body has more than one nomination under this section, the person or body shall nominate at least one male and at least one female.
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